Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$395.32

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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$395.32

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$27.67 with Superior Health Plan vs $395.32 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $27.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.67 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $27.67 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCD $43.49 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $46.07 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $53.37 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $55.34 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $63.45 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMM $67.58 ↓ -83%
Aetna Meritain $67.58 ↓ -83%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $79.06 ↓ -80%
Aetna OON $79.53 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $82.23 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $84.99 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $94.88 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $96.85 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $100.81 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $101.99 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $130.40 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $130.53 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $133.62 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $138.36 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $145.64 ↓ -63%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $145.64 ↓ -63%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $145.64 ↓ -63%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -62%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -62%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -62%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $158.13 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $175.52 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $177.89 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $177.89 ↓ -55%
Cigna AllOther $184.33 ↓ -53%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $193.71 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $197.66 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $208.33 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $217.43 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $217.43 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $217.43 ↓ -45%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $217.43 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $217.43 ↓ -45%
BCBS BluePremier $218.12 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $221.38 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $229.29 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $232.84 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $232.84 ↓ -41%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $251.13 ↓ -36%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $251.13 ↓ -36%
BCBS BlueEssentials $261.17 ↓ -34%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $261.17 ↓ -34%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $264.86 ↓ -33%
BCBS EPOSOA $274.08 ↓ -31%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $276.72 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $276.72 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $276.72 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $280.68 ↓ -29%
BCBS PPO $287.00 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $296.49 ↓ -25%
Humana COMM $312.96 ↓ -21%
USC Health Services COMM $316.26 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $316.26 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $336.02 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $351.83 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $395.32 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $395.32 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $395.32 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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